Alaska Bound

By 3:15 pm nine of First Church's 12-member Alaska Mission Team had made parting good-byes, piled our bags into the trunk and put the cars in gear (.We met Wendy & Kelsey Focht at SeaTac & will meet Robbie Schott in Anchorage Saturday) 

Reports of rolling slow-downs on the passes caused us to head west a tad early.

We were finally Alaska bound, but not yet off the ground. As seasoned traveler's say, "always expect the unexpected!"

Our Continental flight was scheduled to depart at 9:03 pm with a 11:32 am (Anchorage-time) arrival. When we got to the airport, the Departure's board spun another story. 

Due to a hurricane in the Gulf, our plane was grounded in Texas. Our flight was pushed to 11:32 delaying our arrival in Anchorage to 2 pm. We notified the people picking us up from Christ First Church about the problem and they replied, "no problem!" Our new friends still plan to meet us at the airport. I am wondering if it will still be light? In any event, the 1st UM team is now spread out around Gate B9 awaiting the call to board the plane in about an hour and a half.